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A New Book of Middle Eastern Food (Cookery Library) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; 2Rev Ed edition (30 Oct 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014046588X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140465884
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,420 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Since the book first came out in 1968 Claudia Roden has continued to collect recipes and culinary wisdom from the Middle East. As a result of talking and writing to many people, tasting their food and watching them cook.

About the Author
Claudia Roden was born and brought up in Cairo. She finished her education in Paris and later studied art in London. Starting as a painter she was drawn to the subject of food partly through a desire to evoke a lost heritage - one of the pleasures of a happy life in Egypt. The local delight in food, like the light, colour and smells and the special brand of hospitality, warmth and humour, has left a permanent impression. With her bestselling classic, A Book of Middle Eastern Food (Penguin 1970, revised edition A New Book of Middle Eastern Food, 1985), first published in 1968, Claudia Roden revolutionised Western attitudes to the cuisines of the Middle East. Her intensely personal approach and her passionate appreciation of the dishes delighted readers, while she introduced them to a new world of foods, both exotic and wholesome. The book received great critical acclaim, and the publication of the enlarged edition was enthusiastically welcomed. Mrs Roden has continued to write about food with a special interest in the social and historical background of cooking. In 1981 Penguin reissued Coffee, which was followed in 1982 by Picnic. Then came the BBC television series, Mediterranean Cookery with Claudia Roden, and the accompanying book, Claudia Roden's Mediterranean Cookery, a new, expanded edition of which was recently published. This was followed by The Food of Italy and then The Book of Jewish Food. In 1992, Claudia Roden won the Glenfiddich Trophy, the top prize of the Glenfiddich Awards. The Book of Jewish Food was awarded the 1998 Jewish Quarterly/Wingate Book Prize for Non-Fiction, was the 1998 Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year and the 1997 André Simon Memorial Fund Food Book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on middle-eastern kitchen!, 12 May 2000
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I had one of the earlier editions of this book and it taught me how to cook. The new edition is even better than the previous. How is that possible? Maybe I have, with age, learned to appreciate culinary culture more than I used to.

I am a Turkish woman and most of the recepies Roden explains in her marvellous book are no strangers to me. I have ben living abroad now for many years. Every time I open Roden's book I can smell my grandmother's kitchen.

Here is a personal "thank you" to Claudia Roden from me. Maashallah, forty one times, as we say back home.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you buy one Middle Eastern cookery book..., 23 Nov 2002
...make it this one. The recipes easy to follow, and Roden's writing style is peppered with amusing anecdotes about her childhood in Egypt and historical information that make this book a good read outside the kitchen as well as in.

Whereas many Middle Eastern cookbooks leave out ingredients (presumably to make the dishes seem less scary to Western palates), Roden's recipes are authentic. Many include alternate suggestions and regional variations from family recipes submitted by her friends and readers from across the region, so chances are you'll always have the proper ingredients to hand.

I cook from this regularly, both for everyday meals and special occasions (the appetiser section has loads of dishes that are great for parties). Middle Eastern cooking seems to be designed to make expensive ingredients like meat go a long way, and (although they're not flagged as such) there's some great recipes here if you're on a tight budget.

In other words...absolutely essential.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Adam and a Packet of Chick Peas, 5 Jan 2003
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I bought Claudia Roden's original book in 1973 (the year my son was born) and have used it regularly ever since. He has just rung me for a "hummus" recipe and to ask what to do with the extra chick peas he has soaked. Naturally, I immediately turned to my copy of "A Book of Middle Eastern Food", found a recipe for "Chick peas with Potatoes and Tomatoes" which I handed on to him, and, hoping it was still in print, decided to order him a copy. I am delighted to find there is a new book, and feel sure he will enjoy it as much as I have the old one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Middle Eastern food bible
My Mother bought this book for me when I moved to Saudi Arabia in 1995 - it has been the only Middle Eastern cookbook I have ever needed. Read more
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What a delight to find this book. All of the other reviewers are spot on with their championing of this treasure-trove of gorgeous recipes. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book for body, mind and soul
Love of food, encyclopaedic of knowledge and matchless experience shine from every page where anectode, personal and apocryphal, share space with evocative, irresistible recipes... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A rich and wide-ranging collection
This cookbook celebrates the culinary diversity of the Middle East with a wealth of traditional recipes from many countries. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of my cookbook collection (over 300 books!)
I bought the original edition many years ago, and I found it so useful and delightful to read that I bought the new one as soon as it came out. Read more
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